Key Verse Spotlight
Exodus 40:34 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.”
Exodus 40:34
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.
And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: {went onward: Heb. journeyed}
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